Week of May 14th

Monday - Thursday

Legacy Project Presentations
Closing Class Commentary
AR

Friday

Reading Day

Week of May 7th

Monday

Introduce Legacy Project
Final Presentations

Tuesday - Wednesday

Legacy Project Preparation

Thursday

Final Presentation

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 30th

Monday

Art of the film - Dead Poet's Society
Legacy Podcast Introduction
Final Project Presentation Due

Tuesday - Wednesday

Reading Day/Legacy Podcast Workshop

Thursday

Final Project Presentations

Friday

Reading Day/Legacy Podcast Workshop

Week of April 23rd

Monday

Villanelle presentation

Tuesday

Workshop final portfolio

Wednesday - Friday

Art of the film - Dead Poet's Society

Week of April 16th

Monday - Wednesday

Peer Review - Historical Fiction - Due Friday

Thursday - Friday

Introduction to Final Project
The Villanelle

Week of April 9th

Monday

Review Debate
Introduce Historical Fiction Assignment
Workshop Historical Fiction

Tuesday - Thursday

Workshop Historical Fiction - Draft due Monday

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 2nd

Monday - Tuesday

No School - Easter Break

Wednesday - Thursday

Debate

Friday

Help with Grade 7 and 8 assembly

Week of March 26th

Monday - Tuesday

Debate

Wednesday - Friday

No School - Easter Break

Week of March 19th

Monday - Friday

Debate Preparation

Week of March 12th

Monday

Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Finish How To Speeches

Wednesday

Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Test

Thursday - Friday

Introduction and research - Debate

Week of March 5th

Monday - Friday

Students will present their How To Speeches
Unit 15 Vocabulary due on Monday

Week of February 26th

Monday

Students will finish presenting impromptu speeches

Tuesday

Unit 14 Vocabulary due - test tomorrow

Wednesday

Unit 14 vocabulary test

Thursday - Friday

Discussion/Prep/Sign up for How To/Informative Speech to begin on Monday

Week of February 19th

Monday

Workshop Hamlet Film essay - Due Tuesday

Tuesday

Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to "To Be or Not To Be" speech

Wednesday

Analysis - "To Be or Not To Be" and discussion
Introduction - Impromptu Speech

Thursday - Friday

Finalize Hamlet
Students will present impromptu speech

Week of February 12th

Monday - Friday

Film Study - Hamlet
When finished with the film, students will have class time to workshop essay

Week of February 5th

Monday

Review Unit 13 Vocabulary
Introduction to Hamlet Film Study
Final draft of novel argument due on February 9th

Tuesday

Unit 13 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Hamlet Film Study

Week of January 29th

Monday

Introduction to Unit 13 vocabulary - due next Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review - final draft due February 9th
Independent Reading

Week of January 22nd

Monday - Thursday

Workshop Novel Research

Friday

Ten page draft due Sunday by 11:59

Week of January 15th

Monday

No School - Teacher In Service

Tuesday - Friday

Novel Essay Research
Citations Due on Tuesday
First Five Pages due on Friday

Week of January 8th

Monday - Friday

Novel Essay Research
All six sources due on Thursday
Introduction due on Friday

Week of January 1st

Monday
No School - Winter Break

Tuesday
Review Midterm - Due Wednesday
Introduction to Research and Novel Essay

Wednesday - Friday

Midterm Essay due Tuesday
Library Research Work - Novel Essay

Week of December 18th

Monday - Tuesday

Peer Review - Final Draft - Independent Reading

Wednesday

Unit Twelve Vocabulary Due

Thursday

Poetry Argument Final Due
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Test

Friday

No School - Winter Break

Week of December 11th

Monday

Final workshop day - poetry argument - draft due at the end of the day.

Tuesday

Introduction to Unit 12 vocabulary - due next Tuesday.

Wednesday - Friday

Peer Review - Poetry Argument

Week of December 4th

Monday - Friday

Students will research and draft a rough draft of their poetry argument - due Monday.

Week of November 27th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Friday

Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth due
Introduction to Poetry Argument
Students will begin researching and drafting poetry argument.

Wednesday



Week of November 20th

Monday

Unit Eleven Vocabulary due

Tuesday

Unit Eleven Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

No School - Thanksgiving Break

Week of November 13th

Monday

Rough Draft, Rhetorical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth due.
Introduction to Unit Eleven Vocabulary - Due next Monday.

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth
Week of November 6th

Monday - Thursday

Students will rewatch An Inconvenient Truth and write a four page rhetorical analysis - due Monday, November 13th.

Friday

No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Week of October 30th

Monday - Friday

Watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a rhetorical analysis.

Week of October 23rd

Monday - Tuesday

Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis due on Friday

Wednesday

Unit Ten Vocabulary due

Thursday

Unit Ten Vocabulary Test

Friday

Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Reading Day

Week of October 16th

Monday - Tuesday


Workshop Rhetorical Analysis - Due Wednesday

Wednesday

Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Introduction to Unit 10 Vocabulary

Thursday - Friday

Peer Review - Commercial Rhetorical Analysis

Week of October 9th

Monday

No School - Teacher In Service

Tuesday

Presentations of commercial projects

Wednesday - Friday

Workshop Rhetorical Analysis of a commercial - Draft due on Monday

Week of October 2nd

Monday

Persuasive Essay Due
Unit Nine Vocabulary Packet Due

Tuesday

Unit Nine Vocabulary Test

Wednesday

Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique)
Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.

Thursday - Friday

With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.

Week of September 25th

Monday

Draft of Persuasive Writing due
Introduction to Unit 9 Words - Packet due next Monday - Test next Tuesday

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review - Persuasive Writing
Workshop Final Draft - Final due on Monday
AR

Week of September 18th

Monday

Unit Eight Vocabulary Test
Narrative Essay - Final Draft Due

Tuesday

Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.

Wednesday

Review Readings
Assign Persuasive Writing - two page draft due Friday

Thursday

Workshop Day

Friday

Persuasive Writing Draft Due
Reading Day

Week of September 11th

Monday - Wednesday

Review Scoring Rubric
Peer Review Introduction
Narrative Peer Review

Thursday

Unit Eight Vocabulary Due

Friday

Eight Vocabulary Test
Week of September 4th

Monday

No School - Labor Day

Tuesday

Review readings - "What in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me."
Review Word365
Narrative Writing draft - two pages - due on Thursdays, September 7th

Wednesday

Workshop Narrative Draft

Thursday

Narrative Draft Due
Introduction to Unit Eight Vocabulary

Friday

Reading Day


Week of August 28th

Monday - Tuesday

Students will share "This I Believe" essay with the class.

Wednesday

Describe Narrative Writing
Read "What's in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me" and respond to the questions at the end of the reading.

Thursday

Review readings.
Review Word365
Narrative writing draft - two pages - due on Tuesday, September 5th.

Friday

Workshop narrative writing.

Week of August 21st

Monday

No School - In Service Day

Tuesday

Welcome Back!
Journal and Grammar Prompt
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind
AR Requirements/Ten Page Paper

Wednesday

Journal and Grammar Prompt
Introduction to the Writing Process
Introduction to "This I Believe" Paper

Thursday

Journal and Grammar Prompt
"This I Believe" Share
Workshop "This I Believe" - Hard Copy and Recording due on Monday

Friday

AR book approval/Reading Day